Human Capital, Shared Expertise, and the Likelihood of Impasse in Corporate Acquisitions

By Russell W. Coff. 2002

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Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management

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The Pre-Deal Phase of Mergers and Acquisitions: A Review and Research Agenda (2020, background): “It has been suggested that targetrelated information is easier to access and interpret when the management of the target does not resist the deal (Walkling & Long, 1984) as well as when the buyer and target have related expertise (Coff, 2002).”
The impact of ISO 9000 diffusion on trade and FDI: A new institutional analysis (2008, unknown): “Coff (2002) sums the above up well when he argues that you need some type of related experience to successfully acquire and integrate strategic assets.”
Economic Foundations of Strategy (2004, background): “• Coff (2002): Empirical results from a sample of 324 acquisitions that closed or failed to close in the years 1988 and 1989 offer evidence in support of the hypothesis that related human capital expertise between the acquirer and acquired enterprise can mitigate opportunism hazards associated with…”
A Model of Strategic Entrepreneurship: The Construct and its Dimensions (2003, background): “Increasingly, tacit knowledge is viewed as a determinant of differential firm performance (Coff, 2002), suggesting the importance of managing this resource strategically.”
Employee Mobility and Organizational Outcomes (2016, background): “Human Capital • • Specificity of an individual’s knowledge and skills (e.g., firm, industry, occupational, partner specificity; Becker, 1964; Castanias & Helfat, 1991; Coff, 2002; Dyer & Singh, 1998; Hatch & Dyer, 2004; Malos & Campion, 2000; Mayer, Somaya, & Williamson, 2012) • • Quality/ability (e”
A Review of Approaches to Empirical Research on the Resource-Based View of the Firm† (2007, background): “Coff (2002), for example, has categorized industries based on the similarity of human resource expertise on which they draw.”
Signaling Theory: A Review and Assessment (2011, background): “Somewhat related, others have described how firms attempt to gain a positive reputation over time as a signal of underlying quality (Coff, 2002; Deephouse, 2000).”
How Does Human Resource Management Influence Organizational Outcomes? A Meta-analytic Investigation of Mediating Mechanisms (2012, background): “As previous research suggests, human capital can be viewed as a composition of employees’ knowledge, skills, and abilities (Coff, 2002), and employee motivation refers to the direction, intensity, and duration of employees’ effort (Campbell, McCloy, Oppler, & Sager, 1993), as manifested by positive ”
The Role of Resource Flexibility in Leveraging Strategic Resources (2010, unknown): “Other scholars have reported similar findings for the contingent value of resources in different environments (e.g. Brush and Artz, 1999; Coff, 2002; Eddleston et al., 2008).”
What Do Resource- and Capability-Based Theories Propose? (2011, background): “…factors that affect the sustainability or persistence of advantage (exceptions include Roberts & Dowling, 2002; Villalonga, 2004) and the influence of factor market conditions on the development of resources and performance (exceptions include Barney, 1988; Capron & Shen, 2007; Coff, 2002).”
Strategic Entrepreneurship: Creating Value for Individuals, Organizations, and Society (2011, unknown): “With a strong focus on outcomes, Makadok and Coff (2002) suggested that strategic management’s purpose is to positively influence the firm’s ability to generate profits.”
Resource-Based Perspectives on Unit-Level Human Capital (2014, background): “Our investigation identified four studies that examined the role of the HCR when organizations engage in M&As (e.g., Coff, 2002) and four studies that explored the importance of the unitlevel HCR for organizational R&D (e.g., Kor, 2006).”
Human Capital Is Dead; Long Live Human Capital Resources! (2014, background): “Crook, Todd, Combs, Woehr, and Ketchen (2011: 444) “The term human capital refers to the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) embodied in people (Coff, 2002).”
Emerging Issues in Corporate Entrepreneurship (2003, background): “We close with a reassessment of the outcomes in CE research, which becomes particularly salient with the increasing importance of social, human, and intellectual capital in creating competitive advantages and wealth in today’s knowledge economy.”